# How creators can capture social draft ideas with the DunSocial CLI

> Save a thought from your terminal as an unpublished DunSocial draft, attach intended platforms, and return to it later without forcing a schedule.

- Published: 2026-08-06
- Last updated: 2026-08-06
- Author: DunSocial
- Topics: cli, how-to

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Not every good line needs to become a post today. The CLI can put a thought into the DunSocial draft queue without turning capture into a publishing decision.

This is useful if you write in a terminal, local notes system or coding editor and want one shared place to finish the idea later.

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## What you will do

- Select your creator workspace.
- Save an unpublished idea with intended platforms.
- Retrieve the draft in DunSocial for a slower edit.

## Before you start

- Node.js 20 or newer and the DunSocial CLI installed with `npm install -g dunsocial`.
- A selected workspace and the DunSocial account IDs returned by `dun accounts list`.
- Browser login for a laptop, or a workspace-bound token stored in a secret manager for automation.

## Step by step

### 1. Confirm the workspace

Make the workspace check part of capture so a personal note does not land in a client or company queue.

```
dun workspace current
```

### 2. Create a short draft

Capture enough context for your future self, but do not pretend the idea is finished.

```
dun drafts create \
  --text "Idea: what deciding not to finish taught me about the next project." \
  --platforms x,linkedin
```

### 3. Use JSON from a notes tool

If a local script creates the draft, use `--json` and save the returned ID beside the note.

```
dun drafts create --text "$NOTE" --platforms x --json
```

### 4. Finish in DunSocial

Open the draft later, apply the right voice, adapt platform versions and decide whether it deserves a schedule. Delete ideas you no longer mean.

## Check before you finish

- `dun workspace current` shows the intended workspace before a write command.
- The command uses DunSocial account IDs rather than social @handles.
- The new item appears in DunSocial with the expected CLI source, copy and time.

## Where to go next

When the copy and image are final, use the creator media scheduling guide instead of editing the capture script into an automatic publisher.

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